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A mix through a selection of Hip-Hop and whatever else comes off the shelves - special respect to those underappreciated artists, album cuts, and b-sides - always keeping it varied, aiming to make sure everyone discovers something new every episode!

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"Tried to be a citizen...they wouldn't let her." - Kermit I had a trip to Italy this month, and when I was in Pisa an album cover popped into my head! With this month being the eighth anniversary (already?) of the passing of Guru, I was glad to...

"...I can't listen to it, 'cos all I hear is mistakes." - Phonte Ok, it's not the actual globe from the cover of "Flava In Ya Ear", but it's the closest thing I've ever shot - it reminded me of the man Craig Mack himself, who sadly passed away this...

"I maul y'all like a shopping centre..." - Guilty Simpson This month's title? Well, that is the overarching message of the podcast as a whole :) It's February once again, and as such we remember J Dilla, Big Pun, and Big L in the selection. We've got...

"Making the most of the moment 'mong the living." - Glenn Lewis Apparently, it's not just me that feels like it's been a very long January indeed. That said, it didn't feel long while I was trying to decide what tracks to play! Here's the upcoming J...

"So many thoughts in my mind, making it very hard to unwind..." - Abbey Smith As we come to the end of what has certainly an eventful year, to put it mildly, the Hip-Hop world lost two people who really committed to the culture; Combat Jack, and DJ...

"Give me a minute, I'll give you my spirit." - Konny Kon Another month, another mix to keep your ears nourished! Listen out for Juice Crew appearances and connections throughout the selection, after Manchester witnessed them tear up the stage this...

"Gotta risk a life just in order to make a living." - Le$ This month, we keep things at a moderate-to-low tempo, allowing you to conserve some energy as autumn draws in; all you need to do is keep that head bobbing! If you're anywhere near...

"One hundred on the percentage, I don't talk split..." - Q-Ball Wow, what a milestone! In the early days of the show I didn't know we'd still be here after this long, but focusing on just producing one show at a time has paid off. Every month I feel...

"Acknowledge the scholarship." - Sean Price One of the more challenging episodes I've released in the history of the show, thanks to an unexpected illness and subsequent surgery. I'm out now and on the mend, but the sound quality of the voiceover I...

"I'm at the back of the wake, fe' re', selling my tape" - Rodney P Managed to pull myself through a busy, somewhat trying month to bring you another selection! We have one new release, some 80s soul picks, a Mobb Deep feature, and a bunch more - I'd...

"Permanent. Physical. Suffering." - Prodigy The eighth birthday of the podcast, but a rough month in the world. A last-minute change to the selection for this episode opened up the inclusion of some verses by Prodigy of Mobb Deep, who passed away just..

"It's not the world, it's the people in it..." - LaPeace What a month it has ended up being. Manchester suffered a terrible blow, and the figurative reverberations will be felt for a long time to come. It has been something to see how people have come..

"Studying my sickness like the Tuskegee Experiment." - Ilajide In a world with all kinds of options for DJs, there's a lot to be said for just two turntables, a mixer, and some crates! This month's show has more new releases than the average...

"...yo' ass lie like the president!" - Ice Cube This month marks twenty years since the death of Biggie Smalls - and yet it somehow doesn't feel like that long ago. The B.I.G man's influence still looms large over the culture and this show is no...

"All that happy, 'let's be friends' s**t? Yo, this is the opposite." - Konny Kon As usual, we pay tribute to J Dilla, Big L, and Big Pun this month, but also two giants from a previous generation who both made a massive impact on Hip-Hop; Clyde...

"...make you feel as if the Bill of Rights was counterfeit." - Cuban Link This month has just been hitting us over the head with "WTF?" moments on a daily basis, but in between I managed to put the show together - as you can tell, the finishing...

"Children of a lesser god when your melanin's got a tint." - Pusha I don't think I'm alone in being glad to see 2016 out of the door. We close out the year with some of the best tracks of the last twelve months mixed in with a bunch of older heat...

"I've seen the streets... you're walking down." - Tyler "Power to the people and the beats" - Chuck D What a month. The result of the US Presidential election has the world in turmoil, and legions of hateful people now feel emboldened to act out in...

"Penitentiary's the plan to plant the new plantation." - Treach I'm currently getting ready to relocate the podcast studio but still got this episode out on time. Round of applause? As the autumn begins, the feel starts to get a little darker - not a...

"We're an ice machine." - Grace Jones A combination of the tail end of summer and the recent upgrade of my car audio has prompted me to put together something I've been wanting to do for a long while - a low-tempo mix to ride slow to! The obvious...

"You get that, money?" - Sean Price Back with another episode, fresh off a trip to the Mecca of Hip-Hop, New York City! I didn't pick up any new vinyl on the trip but I did get a bunch of inspiration for the selection this month - I think you'll enjoy..

"I speak to your soul, and that's above money..." - Pusha T A rough month out there. With yet more killings of unarmed Black people by police hitting the news and galvanising protests worldwide, the issue feeds into some of this month's selection....

"Bombs in the city centre and we rebuilt it." - Strategy Wow, here we are at the seventh birthday episode! I had this title in mind way back, long before I knew if it'd be realistic to record for so long, but we got here :) Thanks to you all for your...

"A cloudy brain, train tracks but there's no train..." - Rasco This month's episode slotted together really nicely I think, and I managed to get a couple of tracks in that I'd been saving or struggling to fit in in previous months, so I'm really...

"Across the seas and deserts, through the trees and
grass..."
- Guru
In the month when we remember the life of Guru, we also say
goodbye to not just a legend, but a true musical genius - Prince.
I've blended some of his work into this episode's...

"Money, please, I get loose off a orange juice!"
- Phife
That's my first iPod in the cover art, which was laser-engraved with "Beats, rhymes, and life" - so you get just some idea of how important A Tribe Called Quest's music is to me. The passing...

"Now let me say it again, and say it with feeling."
- Jay Dee
Ten years since the passing of J Dilla. Feels odd just thinking about it being that long. As always on the show, we pay tribute to him with a solid selection of his work, and the title of...

"They don't make 'em like me no more..."
- Murs
I guess it's been a strange start to the year; this month both the UK producer Mark B and David Bowie have passed on, so I've included them both in this month's selection, one that ranges from the...

"...and my verse didn't rhyme."
- Phonte
2015 has been a tough year for so many people - let's hope 2016 is ours! We round out the year's shows with a selection that starts on the heavy side but tends towards the light as it approaches the end....

"Use our music to get by." - unknown At times like these, you have to take your comforts where you can find them, and hopefully this month's mix can be a part of that. The month did have one highlight for me - I finally got to see the Zapp Band live...

"At the sound of the tone, leave me the ... alone."
- Alchemist
With this episode being released on Halloween, the overall vibe is dark, spooky, and occasionally horrific, but there is the odd opportunity to come up for air ;) I was on holiday this...

"...serial numbers is Braille, so when you rub against it, feel all twos..."
- Raekwon
Just after the last episode was released, "Straight Outta Compton" came out in UK cinemas and a few of us went to see it opening night. Since NWA were one of the...

"...they give us free like Amistad."
- Sean Price
Hip-Hop took a terrible blow this month with the great Sean Price returning to the essence at just 43 years of age. From his early work with Heltah Skeltah to his more recent solo career, he was a...

"I hide behind the dank, I hide behind the drink..."
- Cold 187um
I've got to say - I think this is a good one! There are knowledgeable DJs I know out there who might only have heard six or seven of these tracks, even though maybe only one...

"Confederate flags I burn..."
- Nas
Somehow, someway, we've reached the sixth birthday of the show! To celebrate, I'm bringing out a few favourites that I kept saving for "just the right time", and blending them with some other gems from...

"It's all for you."
- Ronnie Laws
A good amount of this month's listening for me has been a mix of 80s stuff on a Miami Vice vibe and 80s soul, along with all my Hip-Hop, so that's the kind of flavour I've tried to bring to this episode, coming...

"The rejected stone is now the cornerstone..."
- Guru
Besides putting the sounds and notes together this month, there's been one extra task for the podcast happening in the background that's paid off - it's finally in the iTunes Store! For...

"Tourbillon don, in sync with the sun and moon."
- Agu
I thought I'd try to touch on just a few events of the month in this episode's selection. We go from some underground legends making their return after a long absence, through classic crate...

"...do yo' city love you?"
- Mr. Wrong
My goodness, getting this one out on time was tough! I think it's a good one though, and I do like the shot I put together for the cover art too :) As always in February, we celebrate the lives of J Dilla,...

"...because I...am going to kill...the ...'ry out there..."
- Peter Tosh
It's an all Hip-Hop month, but we've got at least three different languages, three decades, and skills across the board! Some serious pieces for you here, no...

"I'm the animal that Hugh Hefner created..."
- Nas
The end of another year, and an eventful one in so many ways. Some of that influences this month's selection; overall I've just looked to put together a set of tunes to give your speaker boxes that...

"You killed the god, might as well throw a chair at me."
- Raekwon
If the Ferguson grand jury decision had come earlier in the month, I would have absolutely breathed fire through the entire selection - as it is, some of the third main segment ended...

"We were trading our crowns for our souls..."
- James Fauntleroy
Had I finished this episode earlier, it would have had a different title - but as it's Halloween and a Friday, I couldn't pass up the opportunity! Got some quality new releases and...

"Rich for a poor man, poor for a rich man..."
- Essa
What a month - started a new day job, had a couple of photo assignments, plus needed to plan a mix including some Biggie (20 years since "Ready To Die" was released), 2Pac (18 years since he...

"They plant drugs on us, stamp 'thugs' on us..."
- Guilty Simpson
Back from a great two-week trip to Barbados, I'm working some West Indian vibes into the selection this month! Got some nice long blends going too, and a bit of a subwoofer test...

"I'm scared of Mother Earth..."
"...and I'm scared to communicate over the phone."
- KMG
Back once again! It's been two years since KMG of Above The Law passed away, so I've got a couple of great ATL tracks in this month's choices....

"God walks the earth as MCs..."
- H.U.G.
The fifth birthday episode! For someone who once took over two years to finish a mixtape, you might just have an idea of what a big achievement that actually is :) There's a lot going on right now and I...

"Why you wanna ... up my last few days with the news?"
- Suga Free
I seem to have ended up with a reasonably high proportion of West Coast records on this month's mix, at least nine tunes - didn't plan it that way, it was just how it came out!...

"...for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies, and prisoners..."
- Nas
This April marks both four years since the passing of Guru and twenty (!) years since the release of Nas' "Illmatic," so I had to pay homage to both on this episode. We start the...

"I do shows, I go home, I spell my name in cash like I'm Busy Bee..."
- Konny Kon
March is here again, and so we celebrate the life of the great Biggie Smalls. Spread love, it's the Brooklyn way!
Here are the links for things mentioned in the...

"I'm a lion in the day, I'm a tiger at night..."
- Illa J
It's February again, so once again we remember J Dilla, Big L, and Big Pun, as well as Donald Byrd. Sadly, we add a local name to the roll this month - the man known as Salford John. Each of...

"...and that's what's wrong."
- Bumpy Knuckles
¡Feliz año nuevo! Last month's episode was obviously a special one which called for a particular selection, so there were some killer tunes I couldn't use which I've brought into this one -...

"Salute, pay homage, pay your respects"
- Rakim
With the truly great Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela returning to the essence this month, I decided to dedicate this episode to him. Not every song is necessarily directly relevant, but hopefully the overall...

"The only test is to survive..."
- Patrick
Got some interesting combinations this month I think! For a long while I've wanted to do a mix that started and ended with two particular songs that share the same name, and finally I found a good time to do...

"You too near me not to hear me."
- Big Boi
What a month! Podcast out in the nick of time, and with it being Halloween I decided you deserved a treat more than a trick - hope you enjoy it :) Things have been hectic this month with the opening of the...

"Calling for the freedom of the backs that you steppin' on..."
- Boots
It's been an outrageously busy month, and I've really struggled to get this episode out but got there in the end! What's the problem, you ask? Well, of course there's always the...

"I've been...to places never seen..."
- Sheyenne Rivers
With involvement in two upcoming photo exhibitions, plus work and the podcast, this month has been off the scale for being busy! Nevertheless, managed to put together what I think is a quality...

"I dance and dance and dance and dance and dance and dance and dance...then I sat on the toilet"
- Ced Gee
Fifty episodes. Power Cipher. A lot of nights trawling the shelves and slaving over a hot mixer. With A Tribe Called Quest and Nas being...

"Peace to Mandela..."
- Erick Sermon
The fourth birthday episode! Out of the nursery now and getting into real school. I've got some mixes on here I've been wanting to do for ages and with a landmark episode coming around (and once more having a mixer..

"Scattered records, had Aretha Franklin in the Pun case..."
- Rise
Four complete years of episodes! A lot of nights fretting over the right tunes to play, hunching over the turntables, digging up interesting links, and buried in recording software....

"...try to re-educate ones who are lost."
- Guru
Crazy month. Had to make sure to get a Boston track into the selection, and that's not even counting the Gang Starr track, with Guru - a native Boston MC - kicking classic lyrics. Just over an hour...

"Old school, new school need to learn though."
- Biggie
I recorded this on a brand new PC setup, been a bit fiddly but got it done! March is here again, so of course there's some Biggie Smalls in the selection. Besides that, got a couple of great Camp..

"You thought I fell off? You smokin' somethin'..."
- Tim Dog
Big dedication episode. February is the month where we mark the passing of J Dilla, Big L, and Big Pun, but this year we also lost Donald Byrd, Cecil Womack, and Tim Dog. Allow me to pay...

"We need more construction workers, more doctors, more lawyers..."
- Buckshot
Droppin' it heavy.
Happy new year! First podcast of 2013, got it done just in the nick of time thanks to being super-hectic at work and having a big photo project to work...

"...pay the reparations for the damage I'm doin'."
- B-Luv
The British winter hasn't properly kicked in, but we stay prepared. For some reason it was a tough task getting the selection ready this month, but there's a good scattering of different stuff..

"...the government lies..."
- stic.man
This was one of those months where I think I've really found some great blends with some very varied tunes - not an all Hip-Hop outing by any means, but stay with it :) Oh, and the episode title? Well, I may not...

"Look behind the camera..."
- Songvibe
Tough selection this month - decided I wanted to try and keep the same tempo through the whole episode only to find lots of tunes I quite fancied playing were 5 or 6 BPM slower! Still, the restriction made me dig..

"Loyalty's worth more than wealth."
- Cormega
Is is true that life begins at forty? If so, then there are a lot of good records still to come! Thanks for staying with me, and I hope you all find time to spread the word to other music fans. It's my...

"Olympic torch flaming, we burn so sweet..."
- U-God
Been a big month - since the last show I've had an amazing trip to New York and also had the chance to see the Olympics in London! The idea for this month's cover art popped into my head while I was..

"To my peoples that I lost along the way..."
- Nicole
"To the G, still life is too quick..."
- KMG
I was going in a completely different direction with the selection for this episode until I got the news that the MC KMG of Above The Law, one of my...

"The respect in my city reflects the gods with me..."
- Redlight
Third birthday episode! Really pleased to still be going after all this time - big thanks to you all for supporting! I've got some absolutely choice tunes for this episode, definitely...

"Never a pretty boy, always a beautiful mind..."
- Malik
This month's title is kind of a nod to the ongoing NBA Playoffs as well as to trying to get through the struggles life can hit you with from time to time...all the same, back for another...

"My real name is Kunta Kinte"
- Keak
Despite being a little under the weather this month I feel great about the selection! I'm paying respect to the great Guru, dropping a couple of ill new releases, and of course dipping into the vaults for some...

"All we do is drink, ..., and drive."
- Raekwon
As for our elected politicians...they just seem to drink, fight, and lie...for some reason they expect better of the rest of us! Anyway, back for another month with a pretty varied selection, from the...

"I'm 'bout to call the CIA on myself..."
- Jasiri X
February, what a month...one in which we mark the passings of Big Pun, Big L, J Dilla, and now Whitney Houston. There's some Dilla and Pun in this month's selection, alongside some political dubplate..

"...saliva and hand gestures..."
- Big Dubez
Happy New Year! Hope you all have a great 2012. The first episode for the year is one of those where if anyone knows every single track, I'll be very surprised. Definitely had fun with this selection -...

"...let the whole town see my crown."
- Silver
Out in time for Christmas, my present to everyone - a sack of heavy tunes and not a lump of coal in sight! Glad to be able to get this one uploaded before a few days of lie-ins, nice food, and putting the..

"When I walk through I set off all sprinkler systems..."
- Trife
Two and a half years of episodes in the can now! Grateful to still have an audience after all this time :) This month I've got a few left-field unexpected picks, some stuff you won't...

"I am sworn to life, I am bound to death"
- Professor X
* (but never the college dropout)
Thought I'd take the opportunity to show a little something I did this month :o) As it happens, three of the acts on this photo collage are included in this...

"...as you sing your senseless songs to the mindless..."
- Chuck D
Got something of a theme this month - starting off really fast and bringing the speed down as we go through the episode; kind of like reverse club DJing! Got a bit of Public Enemy...

"...the optimum oxygen intake..."
- Strategy
(shout to DRS for the episode title!)
Crazy month, what with an outbreak of rioting in several UK cities, and in the US (at the time of writing) an earthquake and a tropical storm in roughly the same areas...

"It's like tryna crack encryption codes..."
- Sly
What a month. The tragedy in Norway, Amy Winehouse dying, and maybe the beginning of the unravelling of Murdoch's hold on the UK?
I started doing the selection/recording before most of these events...

"Days come and go, but..."
- Jane Child
Second birthday for the podcast! Nice little back catalogue building up now :o) To celebrate the occasion, here's another show crafted to caress your eardrums - I've got some old classics, unrecognised gems, and..

"Just because you play the role, don't mean you get the part."
- Bavu
Getting this in barely in the nick of time before the month ends, things seem to have been conspiring against me! This episode marks the end of the second complete year of episodes..

"I'm the Eric Cartman of this rap ..."
- Jean Grae
This has been such a ridiculously heavy month for me out in the world it's untrue - probably the closest I've ever been to not being able to assemble the show on time but a few flashes of inspiration...

"Fast like Ramadan"
- Biggie
March 2011, 14 years after the death of the Notorious B.I.G - doesn't seem like that long ago. This show is sprinkled with a few gems from his catalogue, one you'll certainly know and others that you likely don't!...

"Whole body blingin' like 3PO."
- J Dilla
A quiet month for me personally (day job excluded) but a huge month for the world - big changes in the Middle East have had me even more glued to Al-Jazeera than usual! Music-wise, this month has marked the...

"Like my dun Ron-Ron Artest, we teach y'all 'bout wildin'..."
- Prodigy
"Start out on the street, end up in the court"
- Nick Javas
Just couldn't choose between these two quotes - but then they both go well together :o) Happy New Year everyone! This...

"My attitude is celibate...I just don't give a ..."
- Kriminul
Here we are at the end of 2010, and for the first time ever the podcast features a special guest! Danny Drive Thru is a Manchester producer and DJ who has what can only be described as a...

"I'mma show you how to do it."
- Royal Flush
It's that time again, fifty minutes of the good stuff coming from my collection! It's an all Hip-Hop selection this month, but I think pretty much everyone listening will hear a minimum of 4...

"Took 'til now to understand it."
- Lisa Shaw
Fairly low-key month for me, but I'm pleased with the way this episode came together - finding the right tunes just seemed to come easily! Still not liking the upfaders on my old mixer, but I digress. Hope..

"My name pops inside your head like Johnny Wishbone..."
- Riddla
Probably the perfect time to use this photo :o) Been a busy but good month for me, hoped to get this out a little earlier but spend a bit too much time trying to tweak the...

"This music is mine...but I'm giving it all to you."
- Space Lady
I had a different selection starting to pan out nicely but unfortunately my nice mixer with 3-band EQ mysteriously bit the dust so I decided that rather than try to force the same...

"Backup plan's got backup..."
- Redman
(Shoutout to DJ Greenpeace for the episode title - an old joke from back in the day!)
Just squeezing this episode in with minutes to spare - the choice of the first few tracks seemed to flow...

"If I die, my seed'll be ill like me..."
- Ghostface
First birthday, yay! It's encouraging to look back on the back catalogue of episodes and see all the tracks I've been putting people up on...every time someone tells me they've chased...

"Shine on me."
- CL Smooth
Twelve episodes, a complete year! Been a hectic month but managed to get just enough time to give you another podcast of audio goodness - here's to more of the same next year!
Playlist/Notes
Ras Kass : Release...

"All praises due, if you know what I mean..."
- Guru
(By the way - no, that photo isn't Photoshopped - that's really how the sky looked that day!)
This is about as close as a lot of people have got to flying recently, the volcanic eruption in...

"We be listening to beats to keep the cipher complete..."
- Guru
Going into double figures this month! I managed to fight off a nasty sore throat for just long enough to get all the voiceover done, and in response to Coxy I think I've turned my voice...

"Gazing at the worldly things like a showcase..."
- Killah Priest
Podcast podcast number nine... been a quiet month for me but a bad month or so in music with Teddy Pendergrass, Sha Lumie and Apache all passing away due to...

"Weapons of mass percussion."- InvincibleHappy New Year! Welcome to the first episode of the decade, 50+ minutes of audio gems for your headphones, car, shop...Big event of the month has unfortunately been the tragic earthquake in Haiti - if...

"Everybody else on the Earth don't exist."- Crooked II
suppose this is the Christmas episode, not that I've got any Christmas
records to play! I did think about putting sleigh bell sounds behind some of the tunes but decided against ;o) Ah...

"Don't be shady, just pay me" - RogerWow, it's been half a year already! It's a challenge to keep coming up with stuff but the feedback I get makes it all well worth the effort, especially when people are discovering something...

"I love this game."- CormegaThis is the first month I've had to go into my boxes of cassettes to find a particular tune for you, hence the title of this episode! Thanks to the wonders of modern technology I recorded it into my computer and...

"Sometimes you gotta do right."- GarrettBeen an interesting month, from hanging out with the guys at Non-Stop sneaker store in Madrid to playing at the first night of Neighbourhood for a top crowd - oh, and assembling this of course! Still...

This episode's title is a quote from "At War" by Snowgoons - it's been tickling me since I heard it a few months ago :o) Anyway, here's another podcast of audio goodness for you, just about the right size to fit one side of a cassette if...

Hi,I got a really good response to the first episode (thanks
everyone!) so here we go with the second; you can expect a new one
every month. I'll be aiming to keep it an easily digestible size every time, and to make it something to look...

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